I wish y’all ignorant, broken-back bitches would stop trying to dismiss the importance of Aquaman for the brown/Polynesian community just so y’all can prop up films starring other heroes of color (e.g. Spider-verse and Black Panther), because at the end of the day, all of these movies are equally important and very much needed, especially for the comic book movie genre, which has been dominated by white heroes for decades. Y’all clowned Aquaman when the SDCC trailer dropped, constantly comparing it to BP. Y’all clowned Jason Momoa for taking pride in his heritage at the LA premiere, referring to his haka performance as a copy-paste version of Wakandan traditions (which…I’m not gonna get into that today). Now y’all are hell bent over trying to attack Aquaman because Spider-verse isn’t as financially successful as it is (some countries don’t even have it yet, whereas Aquaman has been out in China and other foreign markets for 1-2 weeks, mind you). If you guys actually cared about diversity, you would be thankful that Aquaman, starring a Polynesian man and directed by an Asian director, is getting the recognition and success that it’s getting while urging people to watch Spider-verse at the same time. I want more people to watch Spider-verse because it truly is a beautiful film. Aquaman is, too. You should want comic book movies starring heroes of color to succeed, no matter what franchise it’s from, and you should be ashamed of yourselves for your disgusting ass behavior.
You know, I wasn’t gonna bring up the replies until @jaredbottoms said something about them in their tags, but some of y’all are hypocritical as fuck.
Notice how I never said at any point in this post that Aquaman did not have flaws. It most definitely did. A lot of blockbuster films have flaws to them. I’m sure you guys have other films that came out this year that you thought were probably better than Aquaman, but that doesn’t mean that those films don’t have flaws to them, either.
With that being said, it’s not every day you get to see a Polynesian man take on a lead role in a mainstream film, let alone a mainstream comic book movie. There are a handful of white actors in this film, yes, but ultimately, the story is focused on Arthur Curry, and he is being portrayed by a brown man (Jason Momoa). As far as representation goes, we need to keep pushing for more brown men and women to be placed in the forefront of these major films, and financially supporting Aquaman and showing Hollywood that we actually care about brown rep is most definitely a start. One of the key points of my original post is to support movies like this so we can continue to get more Polynesian actors front and center. This is the first comic book movie that James Wan has directed, so obviously it’s not going to be perfect. There are already talks about a sequel going on, so improvements in terms of script and all of that can be made for future reference.
Besides, there are a lot of mediocre to terrible ass films out today - especially in the comic book movie genre - starring white leads that get a pass for being what they are, but when it comes to Aquaman, you guys suddenly have high standards? You don’t have to like these films, if you don’t want to, but at the very least, show that you care about brown people and their success and show out for the films themselves. That shouldn’t be too much to ask.